lightning remains in contact with a structure for longer than it does during a downward flash, giving it more time to transfer electrical charge," explains Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Ph.D ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Cosmic-ray showers, consisting of high-energy particles from space, appear to play a significant role in triggering lightning flashes. Observations using a 3D ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, scientists from Los Alamos National ...

Xuan-Min Shao and his engineering team at Los Alamos National Laboratory may not literally be trying to capture lightning in a bottle, but what they’re doing is not far from that. Shao and his team of ...